Learning and
Accountability
• College- and
Career- Ready
Standards
• A Balanced
Assessment
System
• A New School
Accountability
Model
Draft - 29 February 2012
Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for
Draft – Feb 2012
Updates to this Presentation
Why do we assess students?
So we can know about our
students…so we can ensure they
grow and achieve.
Changing what we think of as “State Assessments”
Start of
School
Year
EOC or
EOG
End of
School
Year
Assessment for Learning: Formative Assessment and
Continuous Checks for Understanding
While summative assessments are
important for reflection, planning and
accountability….
…..the assessments that actually change
outcomes for students aren’t delivered by
the state in June…
They are delivered by teachers in
August and throughout the year
Changing what we think of as “State Assessments”
This is what
we’ve known
Summative
Interim Tools
Formative Processes
+
•
•
•
Constructed Response
Performance Tasks
Computer Adaptive
Testing
Instructional Improvement System’s
flexible tools to
• Diagnose Needs
• Check Progress
• Use data
•
•
•
•
NCFALCON
Online Writing Instruction
NC DIGINs
Professional Development around
Formative Strategies
Assessment Time Line
For School Accountability
Test
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-15 on
State Developed
Math 3-8
ELA 3-8
English II
SBE Decision
Alg I/Int I
SBE Decision
Biology
Science 5 & 8
ACT
ACT
SMARTER
Balanced
Math 3-8*
ELA 3-8*
11th
Grade Math*
SBE Decision
In Development
11th Grade ELA*
*2014-15 implementation of SMARTER assessments contingent
upon board approval of assessments to replace the State-developed
ELA and Math assessments.
New State Assessments
2012-2013 and 2013-2014
• Aligned to the Common Core and Essential
Standards
• Inclusion of New Items types
• Moving towards full online administration in
2014-15
Demo of New Assessments
http://go.ncsu.edu/nctdemo
SMARTER Balanced Consortium
Starting in 2014-15
Computer-Adaptive Testing
• Better information for teachers
• More efficient and more secure
• More accurate
Performance Tasks
• Extended projects demonstrate real-world writing
and analytical skills
• May include online research, group projects, presentations
SMARTER Balanced Consortia
Sample
“The use of performance measures
has been found to increase the
Dinosaur Example
From Content Math Specifications
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/
intellectual challenge in classrooms
and to support higher-quality
teaching.”
~Linda Darling-Hammond and Frank
Adamson, Stanford University
Dinosaur Eggs
Principals and Teachers:
What does giving summative
assessments like this mean about the
kind of instruction children need to
receive?
How do we ensure all children are able
to solve problems like this?
Learning and
Accountability
• College- and
Career- Ready
Standards
• A Balanced
Assessment
System
• A New School
Accountability
Model
Draft - 29 February 2012
Check http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/resources/ for
Draft – Feb 2012
Updates to this Presentation
Accountability
Purpose – Indicators – Key Ideas
▲
Provide incentives and supports to
• Improve Student Learning Outcomes
• Raise Graduation Rates
• Close Achievement Gaps
3 Types of Indicators
Purpose – Indicators – Key Ideas
▲
Performance Indicators
• How well are students doing this
year?
• Lets parents know the overall
performance of school
• Examples: Performance Composite,
Graduation Rates
3 Types of Indicators
Purpose – Indicators – Key Ideas
▲
Progress Indicators
• How much progress are cohorts
making from one year to the next on
the performance indicators?
• Examples: Change in graduation rate
over time; Annual Measurable
Objectives from NCLB
3 Types of Indicators
Purpose – Indicators – Key Ideas
▲
Growth Indicators
• Given where students start, how much
was the school able to help them
grow?
• Not applied to cohort measures like
graduation rate
• Examples: EVAAS; Longitudinal
Growth Models
Elementary and Middle
School Accountability
Purpose – Indicators – Key Ideas
▲
Performance
Indicators
Progress
Indicators
End of Grade
Δ End of Grade
EOG
3-8 Math
3-8 Math
3-8 Math
End of Grade
Δ End of Grade
3-8 ELA
3-8 ELA
End of Grade
Δ End of Grade
5 & 8 Science
5 & 8 Science
Growth
Indicators
EVAAS
Growth
School-wide
High School
School Accountability
Purpose – Indicators – Key Ideas
▲
Performance
Indicators
End of Course
ACT
Progress
Indicators
Δ End of Course
Δ End of Grade
3-8 MathΔEOG
ACT
3-8 Math
Graduation Rates
Δ Graduation Rates
Math Course Rigor
Δ Math Course Rigor
WorkKeys
Δ WorkKeys
Graduation Project
Growth
Indicators
EVAAS
Growth
School-wide
Accountability and Support
Purpose – Indicators – Key Ideas
▲
Performance
Indicators
Progress
Indicators
Growth
Indicators
• Schools will be accountable for all three types of
indicators at different levels of disaggregation
(subject, subgroup, etc) through state-level reporting
• Recognition and Support will be targeted by
triangulating these three indicators
• Work with USED around our ESEA Flexibility
Requests may require updates
Accountability
Purpose – Indicators – Key Ideas
▲
1. Focused on Progress and Growth
2. Less Labeling
3. K-8: Similar Indicators
Higher Standards
4. High School: New Indicators
Expectations
Increased
5. Simpler, Understandable Reporting
6. Communication Tools